Re: Bullseye and hplip install

[Tjm]

Christoph, thanks for the reply.  Autoremove was run successfully.  The 
bullseye version was installed with no errors but wouldn't run.  I tried 
several other versions from the repository, both  debian and generic versions 
each built with different configs.  No luck.  The very latest hplip version 
added to the repo this week doesn't give the 'wrong debian version' notice 
during the configuration and compiles and installs with no errors but still 
won't run.  I'll try again using the static lib configs.  I was thinking maybe 
a QT3/4/5 issue but the hp utilities won't run in non gui mode either.  If I 
uninstall the bullseye version and just reinstall it I'll get different errors 
for missing files that don't exist in the bullseye repos.  I suspect there's 
something that prevents those missing files from being configured and compiled 
by the installer.  Lastly, I installed the bullseye hplip version to a clean 
bullseye installation and it still didn't work for me.  

Thanks,
Tony

On April 5, 2023 3:00:14 AM MDT, Christoph Brinkhaus  
wrote:
>Am Tue, Apr 04, 2023 at 05:08:29PM -0600 schrieb tony mollica:
>
>Hi Tony,
>
>> Here's the deal!  I've upgraded from buster to bullseye with no real
>issues,
>> overall, with the exception of only one app so far.  hplip didn't run
>after
>> the upgrade and I've uninstalled and re-installed hplip from the
>bullseye
>> repo and it does install but doesn't work.  No warnings on the
>install but
>> it won't run from the gui and launching from a terminal gives
>numerous
>> errors.  I won't post those yet but a couple questions to start:
>> Has anyone installed hplip successfully and had it run properly?  and
>> 
>> Other than a normal install, what did you do to get it up and
>running?
>> 
>> On my system, CUPS printing works perfectly and I also have python 2
>and 3
>> installed but configured to use python3, 3.9 to be exact.  It appears
>that
>> hplip is centered around python2.x and it's possible this is the
>problem.
>
>I have installed Bullseye a few month ago together with cups and
>hplip. Python2.x is not present on my system.
>
>> Any info would be appreciated. I only use hplip to clean the
>printheads  and
>> to check the ink levels.
>
>Did you run apt-get autoremove? This could clean up the system and
>helps to remove outdated stuff.
>
>Kind regards,
>Christoph
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>schmeckt sie dem Hund.

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Most reliable dual band driver/chipset

[Tjm]

I've been using an Alfa dual band USB3 wifi adapter and while it works and when 
it happens to stay connected it's fast and fine.  But it disconnects often for 
no apparent reason and won't reconnect by itself without removing and then 
reloading the module.  Built and tried several versions of the rtl8812au and 
found one branch that I've been using, v5.9.xxx versions work but with the 
connection reliability issue.

Looking for a recommendation for an adapter and/or chip.

Thanks, 
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Re: samba config

[Tjm]

I know how that goes. And in keeping with that line of action I may I 
investigate further but I since the rest of the setup works, probably not.

Tony

On July 29, 2017 11:58:04 AM PDT, Joe  wrote:
>On Sat, 29 Jul 2017 10:16:16 -0700
>tony mollica  wrote:
>
>> I do have gvfs installed.
>> 
>> Please explain why that would affect the smbclient command.
>> 
>
>No idea, I didn't look into it, but it made smbclient work for me on
>one of my machines. Found on the Net...
>
>You know how it is, the moment something works, you move on, no time
>for abstract research.
>
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X font problem

[tjm]

Hello.  
In the process of trying to correct an X problem, 
I developed the following problem when trying to
run icewm:

---
Could not load fontset '-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*'.
Fallback to '*fixed*' failed.
Segmentation fault.
---

Can't find any info the the fontset problem or
the 'fixed' problem.

Any suggestions or guidance?

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kernel 2.4.5 - ov511.c problem

[tjm]

Hello.  I'm trying to compile a new 2.4.5 kernel
but having trouble with multiple errors that appear
to be generated from the usb/ov511.c file.  Before
I get into the details, is this a known problem and
is there a remedy for this situation that I have 
overlooked?  I know this is vague, but maybe this
has been encountered by others.


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OT:Plextor CDRW 12X10X32S

[tjm]

Hello.  I'm considering a Plextor 12X10X32 SCSI CDRW
and was wondering if anyone has used this with Debian
Linux and cdrecord/xcdroast successfully.  If not,
I'm open to suggestions for a new CDRW unit.  I'm using 
2.2r3 with a 2.2.19 kernel, SCSI only.

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Re: OT:Plextor CDRW 12X10X32S

[tjm]

Thanks, that's what I needed to hear.

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StylusColor900 and smbprint

[tjm]

Hello.  This is slightly OT but I'm out of good
options.  I have an Epson Stylus Color 900 connected
to a windows-me computer (hey, it's my wife's and she
won't switch) that I'm trying to print to from my
Debian 2.2r2 with smbprint.  All indications are that
the 900 is well supported, I have magicfilter 1.2-39 and
ghostscript 6.50-3, smbprint and lots of docs on how to
set up the printfilter with smbprint.  But no luck.  I
can get text to print OK without the filter but none of
the ColorStylus* filters from magicfilter work.  Nothing
get passed through the filter, that is, the file goes in
and nothing at all comes out.  The spool dir doesn't show
anything going through.  The logs show something happens
but only 0 byte files/transfers occur. 

Any suggestions on how to set this up?  I've tried putting
the filter in the smbprint file, bounce queues and some 
other recommended procedures with no change.   


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Memory upgrade and kernel panic

[tjm]

Hello.  Has anyone come across anything like this
before.  The system is a perfectly running Debian
2.2r2 with an AMD K6-2 500mhz with 256M mem (two
128M sdrams).  I swapped out the two sdrams and
installed one 256M sdram.  The bios sees the memory
OK and starts the boot process.  Linux evidently sees
the memory OK (line 2 below) but then gets to line
5 and spits out the rest and then the kernel panic
in line 22.  Can anyone shed any light on this or
am I right to assume that this is the result of a bad
memory module?


1  Calibrating delay loop... 999.42 BogoMIPS
2  Memory: 257948k/262144k available (920k kernel code, 416k reserved,
2796 data, 64k init)
3  Dentry hash table entries: 32768 (order 6, 256k)
4  Buffer cache hash table entries: 262144 (order 8, 1024k)
5  Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 7fff23a4
6  current-tss.cr3 = 00101000, %cr3 = 00101000
7  *pde = 
8  Oops: 0002
9  CPU:0
10  EIP:0010:[c011fba8]
11  EFLAGS: 00010246
12  eax:    ebx: 0010   ecx: 0015   edx: 0080
13  esi:    edi: 7fff23a4   ebp: 0e00   esp: c01fdf48
14  ds: 0018   es: 0018   ss: 0018
15  Process swapper (pid: 0, process nr: 0, stackpage=c01fd000
16  Stack: cff0 0e00 0009b800 cfef8f8c c01fdf74 
c01fdf7c c0210d3c
17 c010a409 c0113839 0004 0e00 c010a008 7fff23a4
1c1d 
18 0009b800 c0202666 c01c1c46 0048  2000
 
19  Call Trace: [c010a409] [c0113839] [c010a008] [c01c1c46]
[c0106000] [c0106000] 20 [c0100175] 
21  Code: f3 ab 8b 44 24 54 a8 03 74 23 83 c0 03 24 fc 89 44 24 54 83
22  Kernel panic: Attempted to kill the idle task!
23  In swapper task - not syncing
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OT:Motherboards and Processors

[tjm]

Computer show today and looking for any recommendations
for stable motherboard and processor combinations in the
700-800Mhz range, 133 Mhz bus and it doesn't matter whether
it's AMD or Intel for the chip.

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Re: OT:Motherboards and Processors - thanks.

[tjm]

Thanks for the motherboard/processor info.


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Re: hosts for rdate?

[tjm]

Look here:


http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/servers.html



Bruno Boettcher wrote:
 
 hello,
 i am searching for some hosts for time updating of my hosts
 where can i find the listings of hosts offering this service?
 i am in France BTW, so any host network-near Strasbourg would be fine...
 
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kernel 2.2.17 and ide patch

[tjm]

Hello.  
I recently installed a 2.2.17 kernel from kernel.org
and I have this working OK.  I have installed the
ide patch from potato, selected what I wanted in the
configuration, compiled and installed the kernel and
it works, for a short time.  After a while, it corrupts
the screen and, although the ide stuff is recognized
on boot, trying to mount /dev/hda1 results in an invalid
device message.  The ide drive is being used for extra
storage only, no OS on this drive, the system is booted
from a SCSI drive and I'm using a stock Potato installation
with updates.

Any suggestions for more documentation and the right
combination of kernels and patches?

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Re: Duplex on etherpro-100?

[tjm]

Eric N. Valor wrote:
 
 I've got an Intel 82559-based NIC (Etherpro-100).  I'm wondering how I can
 (or if I can) configure the NIC to be full-duplex instead of autoconfigured.
 
 Any help would be appreciated.
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Take a look at these pages for information on modifying
the driver operation.

http://www.scyld.com/expert/modules.html

and also at

http://www.scyld.com/network/eepro100.html

These tell how to force the NIC into full duplex
mode.  The first is common to several drivers
and the second more specific to the Intel NIC.
The source code for the driver also gives
a few hints but I found these two pages to be of
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potato and gnome

[tjm]

Hello.  I have a Debian potato installation with
a 2.2.17 kernel with the default gnome configuration.
There is a problem with gnome control center (gnomecc)
that locks up if anything in the desktop/screensaver is
selected, requiring login to another terminal to
kill the process.  The screensaver demo window still 
displays the screensaver and the mouse still moves, but
otherwise everything on this desktop is locked up.  
I know this is somewhat vague, but this is all I have 
to go on so far.

Any suggestions?

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Re: insmod: Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/2.2.17/modules.dep

[tjm]

Hello,

I have had the same problem although it doesn't seem to
cause any adverse condition with the machine.  The startup
script /etc/rcS.d/S20modutils (/etc/init.d/modutils) runs
depmod -a when the machine boots, but it seems that the 
time stamp that results from the new modules.dep file 
being made is incorrect.  It appears that the date is 
ok but the time is not, making it appear the modules.dep
file may be older than modules.conf.  If I run depmod -a 
after the machine is up and running, the time/date stamp on 
the modules.dep file is correct.  Maybe the system time that 
is used when the startup script is run is not correct until 
later in the boot process, but I don't know enough of
this to make changes safely.  Try changing the time/date of
the modules.conf back a couple days by using 'touch' or
remaking the file (update-modules) after turning the system
time back temporarily to see if it makes a difference.  A 
proper solution would be much nicer, though. 

Using Debian potato with a 2.2.17 kernel.


 
   Oct 25 00:08:06 jojda insmod: Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent
   than /lib/m
   odules/2.2.17/modules.dep
  
 is somewhat troubling me, I have fairly plain debian unstable install,
   why do I get the message?
 
  Do a 'depmod -a'
  Phil
 
   it does not help at all, the reason why modules.conf is newer is
 because some program always updates it during reboot but modules.dep is
 not updated...
 
   does anybody else have the same problem? if not, how come I have this
 problem? I did not change startup scripts, everything is 'the debian
 way'
 
 erik
 



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Re: Sound Volume in Gnome

[tjm]

Jeff Hornsberger wrote:
 
 Hi, I just moved over from RH and when I used gnome on there it used to
 save and restore my sound volume settings when I logged in and out. I
 sort of have that working in Debian (Woody), except it only restores my
 sound settings after I run the gnome mixer program once. When I reboot
 it resets the audio levels to very high volumes. Anybody know how to fix
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If you find a way to do this from within gnome, please 
let me know.  I have the same problem.  But, here's a 
workaround.  There is a program called 'volume' that 
can be run at boot time through the module options.  
I placed the following line in /etc/modutils/arch/i386:

post-install sb /bin/volume 10

So my i386 file now looks like this:

...
alias midi awe_wave
options sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=5 mpu_io=0x330
post-install sb /bin/volume 10
...

When this is entered, run update-modules and the 
modules.conf file will be updated, the lines being
added to that file.  I just posted the sound module
lines here.  Your entry may be somewhat different
depending on what your loading, of course, but the key 
command line is the post-install.  This runs the 
volume program after the sound modules are loaded
and sets the volume to 10 percent.  

The volume-2.1.tgz should be attached.  There may be
other programs that do the same thing, but this worked
so I didn't really look any further. 

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Re: Debian 2.2 CDs

[tjm]

Hello:

Go to http://cdimage.debian.org

for more information.


Umum Wijoyo wrote:
 
 Hi!
 
 Would like to ask how I can make a copy of Debian 2.2 CDs?
 Can I just download the iso files from a Debian ftp server,
 and burn them to a CD? Would I need the boot floppies, or
 will the CDs be bootable? Are there any manuals on these
 stupid questions of mine...??? ;-p
 
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Re: D-Link DFE 530TX 10/100Mbit/s support?

[tjm]

Willi Dyck wrote:
 
 Hi everyone,
 
 does anybody know if the ethernet card above is supported by Debian now?
 
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This card uses the via-rhine driver.  The newest one, 
the DFE530TX+, uses the rtl8139 drivers.


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which free ISP?

[tjm]

Hi.  Freewwweb, which I have been using on
the road with my Debian/Toshiba laptop, has
cancelled all accounts and handed them over
to Juno.  Are there any other free ISP's that
allow a connection using Linux?

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Re: tekram dc-390u2w

[tjm]

Thanks for the reply.  Out of curiosity, what are
you considering as newer kernels.  I was able to
compile the tekram dc390x_ncr driver for the 
dc390u2w both in a 2.2.16 kernel and as a module
in that kernel with no errors, but I haven't tried 
to run them yet.  This still leaves the original 
problem of which one is better, the sym/ncr driver 
or the tekram.


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Wagener, Michael wrote:
 
 Hi,
 
 the driver supplied by Tekram does not compile with newer kernels.
 It seems to be unsupported and discontinued by Tekram. So there's
 no real option, is there?
 
 Mike
 
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tekram dc-390u2w

[tjm]

Hi.  I'm about to install a tekram dc390u2w scsi
adapter and attach a seagate drive and was wondering
if anyone is aware of whether there is any advantage 
to using either of the sym53c8xx or the drivers from 
the Tekram site (dc390x-ncr).


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slink--frozen perl ?

[tjm]

Hi.

Just upgraded from slink to frozen with no
problems but I could use some information.
Going from perl-5.004 to perl-5.005 there
is some comment about a database upgrade
using perl to dump and then reload or
using db_dump185 and db_load.  I've been
going throught the docs but not finding any
help.  Where can I find some more details on
this.

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Re: kernel config question(s)

[tjm]

Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote:
 
 Why do you think you need this?  No box I have running 2.2.14 have I had to
 deal with this.


Just curious as to why the ip_always_defrag choice
was removed from configuration list and buried in
the sysctl stuff.  What this means to me I'm not
quite sure.  I picked ip_always_defrag as an
example because the documentation suggests there
is some advantage to having this switched on.

Also, the firewall configuration tool at
http://linux-firewall-tools.com/linux/firewall/index.html
generated a file with lines such as:

# Enable always defragging Protection
sysctl -w net.ipv4.ip_always_defrag=1

The utility states that the firewall will work on
Redhat boxes.  Is that sysctl line a utility that
is common only to Redhat?  To use this on Debian I
would assume that the line changes to

   echo 1  /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_always_defrag

Is this correct, or am I missing something?  There
are other config lines like this, not only the 
ip_always_defrag.

Overall, I'm just trying to understand what might
affect my machines after any upgrades, especially
kernel upgrades.  Wading through all the docs gets
somewhat tedious at times.  


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Re: kernel config question(s)

[tjm]

Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote:
 

 I have sysctl on my Debian box running potato.  It is only available to root.
 


Thanks,  I found it in the procps package in unstable,
compiled it on my slink system and it seems to work.




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Re: Woody: missing parse-xf86config? /etc/init.d.xdm wants it!

[tjm]

Brian Boonstra wrote:
 
 Hi
 
 Something blew away a program called parse-xf86config this weekend.
 I suspect it was when I did my apt-get upgrade.  This is a problem because
 /etc/init.d/xdm won't run properly without it.
 
 Any clues as to how I can get it back?
 
 
 
 - Brian

According to the docs, you don't need that any more.
Just remove the line 'check-local-xserver' from your
/etc/X11/xdm/xdm.options.  The short explanation is
somewhere in the /usr/doc/xserver-common/changelog.Debian.gz
file.


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kernel config question(s)

[tjm]

After looking through much documentation, I'm
still not sure whether I have the info I need.
Going through the config stuff to build a new
2.2.14 kernel (up from 2.2.11) I notice that the
previous parameter of 'CONFIG_IP_ALWAYS_DEFRAG'
is now missing or not offered in this 2.2.14 
kernel config.  I have found that it is in the sysctl
docs and directory (/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_always_defrag)
and is off by default.  My questions are these:

Is it true that this now needs to be set 'manually'  
somewhere in the startup scripts ?

Is there some utility other than 
  'echo 1  /proc/sys/...{etc}' that can be used?

and
I may have overlooked the docs for this sysctl  
feature.  Where might I find the clearest explanation
of how and what parameters are the most important and
what the default settings are compared to the previous
kernel configs.


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Re: Debian equivalent of RH's rc.local?

[tjm]

Hi.  If you are using modules for your sound,
you can modify the conf.modules file to run a
program after a module is loaded.  The following
is the pertinent line from my conf.modules file:

  post-install sb /bin/volume 10

This line runs the volume program with a parameter
of '10' (a low volume) after the sb module is loaded.
This seems like the easiest way to handle the boot-up
loud sound problem (and I'm sure not the only way).

More details can be found in the modprobe manpage.

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Re: Forcing Full-duplex on D-Link 530TX (via-rhine driver)

[tjm]

Go to the page below and find the paragraph

Modifying Driver Operation Through Options.


   http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/misc/modules.html



I believe what your looking for is here.




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Fed Gov Linux User? Please reply.

[tjm]

Hello.  In an effort to legitimize my using Linux
(Debian, in fact) at work for various jobs both as
a server and a desktop client, I'm looking for
other users who are also using Linux in their Federal
Government jobs.  I need to be able to get Linux added
to the 'approved' software list, the qualification for
that being somewhat vague at this time.  However, any
references will help if you care to identify yourself
by email directly.  I will give as little information
as possible, no names, but just the agency or department
and in what capacity Linux serves.  Your agency or
department must recognize that Linux is being used and
has approved of this use.  If you need more
info or have a question, please let me know.

I use Debian exclusively, which is why I post this here.  
Let me also terminate this request on 12/10/99 to avoid 
a continuing or never-ending mail glut to me or the list.

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Re: Netscape 4.05 tarball?

[tjm]

Try the following site for earlier netscape versions:

ftp://archive:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/archive/index.html





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Re: lprng help follow-up.

[tjm]

Thanks for the help, but still not working.

I've added the lpr_bounce stuff to the printcap
and it seems that the filter is being run, but
no conversion is taking place.  For plain text
files, the control codes in the dj550c-filter
that should be used somewhere along the line
are being printed as characters instead of being
interpreted by the filter or printer.  For 
graphics, it seems again that the filter is not 
being interpreted correctly.  There must be a 
switch or configuration parameter somewhere for 
either lpr or lpd to fix the problem.  Still trying 
but I have better luck with lpr than with lprng 
using remote printers and filtering.


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lprng help

[tjm]

Hi.  I'm trying to us lprng to print to a remote printer,
an HP870, on an nt network.  nt is running the tcp/ip
print services and I can get plain text to print just fine.
However, it seems that the if= is not being used for
other document formats.

The printcap file is this:


hp870|filt-Remote hp870 printer entry
 :rm=192.168.1.1
 :rp=hp870
 :if=/etc/magicfilter/dj550c-filter
 :sd=/var/spool/lpd/remote870
 :mx#0
 :sh

checkpc shows file permissions are ok.  The docs say this
should work, and it does send everything to the printer, 
but without the filtering.

Using Debian2.1, 2.0.36 kernel and magicfilter 1.2-28 and
lprng 3.5.2-1.3.  lpq shows the printer on the nt machine.

Any suggestions?

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route, 2.2.x and slink

[tjm]

Hi.  I've installed kernel 2.2.12 on a slink
box and I appear to be having trouble with the
route commands.  According to the Debian page on
using Linux 2.2.x on slink, under netbase, some
routes built by the netbase init scripts will 
cause harmless warning messages.  The 'route
add -net' seems not to work and there are
some warning messages both during boot and 
when trying the route commands.  For instance,

route add -net 127.0.0.0
yields a response of
SIOCADDRT: Invalid argument

It seems that the route add -net command is the
one in the scripts that's causing the problem.
The format of the command is according the
the man page, I think.  I don't notice any
loss of function because of this problem, so far.

Is there any further information on this subject?
I haven't found anything further in the docs
about this.

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Best 2.2.x for Slink?

[tjm]

It's time to upgrade.  Is there a recommended
version of the 2.2.x kernel to use on a slink
system for the least amount of problems, or
should I just go for the latest that I can 
find?  At this time, stability is more important
than leading edge.


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Backup software/Aiwa8000?

[tjm]

Hi.  Looking for a recommendation for tape
backup software using an Aiwa TD-A8000 atapi
tape drive.  Nothing too fancy needed but
I would like to backup selected directories
from win95/nt machines also on the network.
Using slink and 2.0.36.

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proftpd ?

[tjm]

Hi.  I installed proftpd and used one of the 
default configuration scripts for anonymous
login access.  I can login to the ftp server
on the lan, but from the outside (work), the
only message I get is Connected to (server ip).
No prompts appear for username or password and
the session attempt is locked up, that is, if
the attempt was from a linux box, I need to 
specifically kill the process. Same with attempts
from w95 and nt. 

The syslog shows a connection is made, and then
the ftp session is immediately closed.  I've
been through all the documentation, but I'm 
obviously overlooking something.

The default Debian installation ftp server does
allow the logins so I'm almost sure it's the 
proftpd configuration and not something else.
proftpd behaves the same whether standalone or
inetd configured.

Any suggestions, or can someone supply a simple
anonymous config to compare mine to?

thanks, (and still looking over the docs)
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Re: BIOS upgrade

[tjm]

Try this site for some BIOS and motherboard
info.

http://www.ping.be/bios/


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SO5, 5.01 5.1

[tjm]

Hello.
I'm looking for pointers on this StarOffice Problem.
The system is a Debian 2.1, 2.0.36 system on an Asus
P2B-F PII 350Mhz, 128M ram.  The installation is the
home user setup from the Debian install.  

With SO5.0, 5.01 and 5.1, the mail and news functions
do not work reliably.  In fact, SO locks up after the
first attempt at fetching some mail or news and then
uses almost all the computer's resources in cpu time.
It appears several soffice.bin are running during this
time.  I've counted as many as 6 soffice.bin items
running at the time of the lockups.

All the news and mail parameters are apparently setup 
correctly and double checked and on a fresh boot and
first start of SO, mail can be fetched before the
lockup occurs.  Attempts to access subscribed newsgroup
messages doesn't occur at all.  On killing SO and then
restarting, an attempt to fetch mail does nothing except
that the icon in the bottom right of the  SO window
shows a download attempt and stops at 10%.  SO is then
locked and must be killed.  I was able to get a newsgroup
list one time.

The libs look OK.  The problem happens either connected
directly through the ISP or through another Linux IPMasq
box.  Netscape mail and news work fine and with no
problems.  All other SO5.xx function appears to be working
normally with no lockups.  The built-in browser works
without problems.


Any suggestions on how to track down the problem would
be appreciated.  I can provide more info if I know what
to look for.

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Re: Hawking PN102TX--Help!!

[tjm]

If this helps, according to the Hawking web site,
http://www.hawkingtech.com, their PCI
nics use the tulip.c driver.



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Re: HELP: dpkg

[TJM]

It appears that you've downloaded the file xisp_2.1-1.deb with win95 and
ie, which then changed the file name to xisp_2_1-1(1).deb  (another ms
feature, I guess).  You can change the name back to its original with Linux
or win95, or download it again and set the name correctly when win95 asks
for the filename to save.


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Communicator 4.

[TJM]

I've installed communicator 4.03 successfully on my debian 1.3.1, 2.0.30
kernel system and all works fine.  I would like to know what the advantage
is to using the installer package rather than the install script that comes
with the communicator package from netscape.  I know that dselect won't
offer any options for the package, but are there further advantages to
installing as a *.deb package?

thanks,

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Re: Please help ! ;-)

[TJM]

Increase the color depth to 16 bpp or use the 'noaccel' parameter for the
Trident chipset.  Either one of these should fix the problem.


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Re: FYI (Infomagic's debian outdated.)

[TJM]

I have this 6 cd set also.  The set, in fact, does have the 2.0.30 kernel
present.  You need to find the directory with the 2.0.30 rescue disk and
driver disk images and use these two along with the 5 base disks to make
the initial installation.  You can then continue with dselect to install
the 2.0.30 source files along with any other utilities or programs.

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Re: Linux/NT Dual Boot

[TJM]

Try this site for information on how to do this:

http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~sedmison/directboot.html

There are also commercial utilities like System Commander.


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Re: packages from parallel Zip drive

[TJM]

If your installed kernel has support for the zip drive (it recognizes the
zip drive as a scsi device, sda?) you should be able to just mount the zip
drive normally, such as mount /dev/sda? /mnt, and then just use it.  If
there is no support for the zip drive already built in, you will need to
compile it in by rebuilding the kernel.  For debian, I believe the proper
entries are listed under scsi device drivers during the kernel make config
or make menuconfig.  After that, mine was recognized by the kernel and was
easily mounted and used.

good luck,

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xscreensaver

[TJM]

Hi.  Trying to run xscreensaver and I get the following messages:

Xlib:  connection to 0:0 refused by server
Xlib:  Client is not authorized to connect to Server
Error:  Can't open display :0.0

Running fvwm95...43a and x 3.3-3, kernel 2.0.27, xscreensaver 1.27.1.

thanks,

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Re: xdm, xinit and startx problem

[TJM]

Rob,
Tried your suggestion to Exec top without success.  There is already a line
to Exec top with several other parameters. However, when using xdm, this
menu choice (to exec top) doesn't work but when using startx or xinit to
start X, this line works perfectly and top runs in the xterm window.

thanks,

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xdm, xinit and startx problem

[TJM]

I have my fvwm95..43a running with very few problems.  One of these
problems is indicated by not being able to run programs in the menus.  
For instance, under the utilities menu (left click on the desktop) there is
a  menu item  called 'Running Processes' which is supposed to display 
a list of running processes, by way of the program 'top'.  When this item 
is selected, the xterm window comes up but the message that appears is :

xterm: Can't execvp top
bash#

'top' will not start from this menu item.  However, if I start an xterm
window and start 'top' from the prompt, it runs just fine with no problems
at all.  Also, if I kill the xdm process and restart Xwindows with
'startx' or 'xinit', then the 'Running Processes' (top) item works
normally.  If  Xwindows is started with the 'xdm' command, the 'Running
Processes' item does not work and I still get the 'Can't execvp top'
message.  There is also a problem running Xman from any of the Help or
Manual Pages menu items with a message such as 'Xman warning: 
Something went wrong trying to run the command: cd /usr/man :  
gunzip... {and so on}.

I'm at a loss to find the problem and the scripts make very little sense to
me. Any suggestions?  My installation is all debian with the exception of
the
fvwm95..43a. X 3.3-3 is installed and all the default scripts are in place,
svga server
and the  2.0.27 kernel.

thanks,

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Re: Setting up x

[TJM]

Check your /etc/X11/Xserver file.  the first line should have the path and
filename of the server
that you want to use.  It seems that while other distributions link X to
the server you want to run,
Debian uses X as a small 'loader' program that reads the Xserver file and
gets the server to run from here.
With the server listed as XF86_NONE in the Xserver file (first line), I
received the messages you have posted.  I had to change the server name
manually.  For some reason, after fooling around with the configurations,
XF86Setup wouldn't change the server name in Xserver.


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